Clothesline post



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Patented May 10, 1949 CLOTHESLINE POST Watkins .Walter. Wilkinson and Cgtg, s t 7 Corpus Christi, Tex

Application Octoberlll, 1945,,Serial No, 621,535

3 Claims. (01. 18.9 -31.55)

This invention relates to means for supporting,

clotheslines, one of the objectsflaeing to provide a post of novel construction which, when once set in place, will not shift out of position when subjoined by -guy wires. is or similarudevices to an anc oringstakel 4. This stake has a helical blade,

screw whereby the stake can easily l5 forming a be forced into the ground by turning it as presjected to excessive strains such as heavy loads and 5 sure is exerted thereagainst. pressures exerted by strong winds. It is to be understood that two of these posts A further object is to provide a post which can are to be used where one or more clotheslines L be easily erected and thereafter firmly anchored are to be erected. The clotheslines are cut to ret0 the ground. quired lengths and fastened at their ends to the Astill further object is to provide a post of this cross-heads 8. One of the posts is then set on character which can be set up without the necesend so that the flange or lip 2 on the base thereof sity of digging holes or driving the posts into the will bear upon the surface of the ground. The greundother post is similarly set up at such a point that With the foregoing and other objects in view when the lines L are drawn taut the posts will which will appear as the description proceeds, the diverge upwardly. The stakes M. associated with invention consists of certain novel details of conthe respective posts are forced into the ground struction and combinations of parts hereinafter beyond the space between the posts and by means more fully described and pointed out in the claims, of the turn buckles l2 the guys l3 can be tightit being understood that changes may be made in ened so as to draw the lines L taut and maintain the construction and arrangement of parts with- 2 them in such condition. out departing from the spirit of the invention as When the post is not in use the guys can be claimed. loosened by means of the turn buckles and un- In the accompanying drawing the preferred hooked from the members Ill. The posts can be forms of the invention have been shown. lowered to the ground, the stakes Hi withdrawn In said drawing from the ground and the cross-heads lifted from Figure 1 is a front elevation of the post set up engagement with the pipe 5. Thus the posts can for use. be compactly stored until such time as it might Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof. be desired to set them up for use. Figure 3 is an enlarged section on line 3--3, What is claimed is: 1. A -clothesline post including a base, said Referring to the figures by characters of refbase comprising a flat relatively elongated posterence, l designates an angular base plate having supporting portion and a ground-engaging lip a depending flange 2 constituting a lip adapted to depending from one edge thereof, the postbe forcibly inserted into the ground by the act supporting portion being formed with spaced of setting up the posts. This base has spaced openings, fixedly connected pipes upstanding openings the locations of which have been indifrom the base, tongues on the lower ends of the cated generally at 3 and said openings are adapted pipes movably engaged in said openings, a crossto receive hook-like tongues l extending downhead bearing on the pipes, stems integral with wardly from pipes 5 which preferably are parthe cross-head snugly seated in the pipes, said allel and can be joined by an interposed stifi'en- 4o cross-head constituting means for engagement ing strip 6 of zig-zag configuration and welded or by a clothesline, an anchoring stake having a otherwise securely attached to the pipes where it screw blade, and guys detachably connected to contacts therewith. the cross-head and converging to the anchoring These joined pipes constitute the main body of means, each of said guys including an adjusting the post and the upper ends of the two pipes are clement. adapted to receive short stems 1 extending down- 2. A clothesline post including a flat, r ative y wardly from a pipe 8 constituting a cross-head. elong ted se plate rectangular in for a l p This latter pipe can be formed of one or more integr l With the base Plate and depending at sections and can be reinforced in the direction a right angle from One longitudinal edge thereof, of its length by means of a truss consisting of a said base plate having spaced tongue-engaging rod 9 secured at its ends to the ends of the pipe 8 op nin pip fix ly onnected from end to and provided at intermediate points with spacend, extending upwardly from the base plate in ing members l0 joined to the pipe 8. spaced parallel relation, hook-like tongues on To the members Ill can be attached hooks ii the lower ends of the pipes movably received in carried by turn buckles l2 which, in turn, are said tongue-engaging openings, whereby the pipes may be extended from the base plate obliquely, said pipes being open at their other ends, a clothesline-engaging cross-head bearing on the pipes, spaced stems on the cross-head snugly and removably received in the upper ends of the pipes, an anchoring stake including a helical blade, and adjustable guy ropes detachably connected to the anchoring stake and to the cross-head.

3. A clothesline support embodying opposed clothesline posts, each post including a flat relatively elongated rectangular base plate positioned transversely of the line of direction of a clothesline supported between the posts, a rectangular lip depending from a longitudinal edge of the base plate, pipes, fixedly connected together from end to end in parallel spaced relation, swingably and. detachably mounted on the base, a clothesline-engaging cross-head bearing on the pipes, an anchoring stake including a screw blade, and

adjustable guys connecting the stake and cross- 20 head, said anchoring stake being threadable into the ground at a distance beyond the space between the opposed posts, whereby upon insertion of the stakes into the ground, the opposed posts will be swung upon the base plates into a position at an oblique angle to the base plates. 5 WATIHNS WALTER WILKINSON.

CARL K. SMITH.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the 10 file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 195,851 Sprout Oct. 2, 1877 15 362,716 Broughton May 10, 1887 708,277 Warner Sept. 2, 1902 1,283,246 Maloney Oct. 29, 1918 1,352,272 Johnson Sept. 7, 1920 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 667,511 France Jan. 17, 1928 

